Technischer Redakteur Archive

I'm going to be a technical editor - now more than ever!

I'm going to be a technical editor - now more than ever!

The job description of a technical writer seems less attractive to many school leavers, the number of students on degree courses is falling - and at the same time, the shortage of skilled workers is becoming increasingly apparent. This is precisely why there is enormous potential in this career! Silent heroes of digitalization Technical editors are the silent heroes of digitalization. They make complex content understandable, write precise instructions and [...]

Volker Granacher2025-05-07T14:48:14+02:0007.05.2025|Kategorien: General, Technical Communication, Training|Tags: profession, digitization, technical writer, tekom, training|0 Comments

Fit for the future, technical documentation in technological change

Fit for the future, technical documentation in technological change

Years ago, statements such as "technical documentation is changing" could be read at conferences and in specialist articles. - Today, however, this is truer than ever: in view of technological developments, for example in the field of robotics, increasingly large amounts of data need to be managed, and the creation of technical documentation is becoming more complex as a result. Augmented reality, [...]

Eva Weber2024-05-15T15:27:41+02:0029.06.2022|Kategorien: Technical Communication, Continuing Education|Tags: education, educational institute, cloud-based, headless, smart, technical writer, technical writer|0 Comments

Pre-editing - looking ahead rather than looking behind

Pre-editing - looking ahead rather than looking behind

Did you know what an important role technical writers play when it comes to topics such as automation and artificial intelligence? Do you happen to know what pre-editing means? If not (yet), why not give yourself a little break and read this article? What does "pre-editing" actually mean? The entire process of machine translation (MT for short) includes [...]

Eva Tenschert2025-10-08T15:08:19+02:0009.06.2021|Kategorien: News und Events, Technische Kommunikation|Tags: aufbereiten, KI, Pre-Editing, technical writing, Technische Dokumentation, Technischer Redakteur, Texte, Trainingstexte, Usability|0 Kommentare

What is this actually about? A plea for more awareness of meaning, interpretation and context through terminology work

What is this actually about? A plea for more awareness of meaning, interpretation and context through terminology work

What is the core of terminology work? How does terminology work, what is the point of it all? And finally: What does this have to do with awareness? Warming up and warming up for terminology Shortly before Christmas 2020, I was given the opportunity to present a one-hour introduction to terminology for RWTH Aachen University in an online guest lecture. The audience was [...]

Eva Tenschert2025-10-08T15:00:59+02:0010.03.2021|Kategorien: Consulting, Technical Communication, Training|Tags: RWTH Aachen, technical documentation, technical communication, technical writer, terminology, terminology work, lecture|1 comment

Challenge 2020 - webinars have (temporarily) gone from the exception to the rule

Challenge 2020 - webinars have (temporarily) gone from the exception to the rule

As a result of the coronavirus crisis, most companies sent their employees to work from home. Many of them returned to video conferencing shortly afterwards - they met "face to face" via Zoom Cloud Meetings, Microsoft Teams or GoToWebinar to clarify important matters without having to leave their own four walls. [...]

Volker Granacher2025-01-15T14:56:10+02:0028.01.2021|Kategorien: Training|Tags: educational institute, e-learning, challenge 2020, reorientation, online, technical documentation, technical writer, web seminar|0 Comments

Can you see anything yet? - My online training as a technical editor

Can you see anything yet? - My online training as a technical editor

There are many ways to become a technical editor, including virtual ones. I found my way to becoming a technical editor through further training that did not take the form of classroom teaching, but - apart from the internship - took place exclusively online. The Internet makes it possible! Each participant in the course was equipped with a computer at a location of their training provider [...]

tecteam guest author2025-10-08T14:53:06+02:0002.12.2020|Kategorien: Training|Tags: experience, online seminar, technical writing, technical documentation, technical writer, virtual classroom, training|0 Comments

7 questions for Roland Gleißner

7 questions for Roland Gleißner

Roland Gleißner How and when did you join tecteam? In a previous life, I studied biology because I found it fascinating that a DNA molecule can store information. I then studied a section of this molecule comprising almost one thousand base pairs in great detail. In doing so, I realized that I needed more and more [...]

Heinz-Günter Halstenberg2025-09-10T12:48:08+02:0011.04.2019|Kategorien: Arbeiten bei tecteam|Tags: 7 Fragen an, Team, Technische Dokumentation, Technischer Redakteur|0 Kommentare

tekom's new competence framework: equipped for the future

tekom's new competence framework: equipped for the future

tekom, the German professional association for technical communication, has been offering the option of certification as a technical writer since 2003. Since then, the basis for this certification has been formed by qualification modules that reflect typical areas of competence in the job profile of technical writers. However, the job profile of technical writers is constantly changing and expanding. The new cross-industry competence framework of tekom, which [...]

Verena Gorzolnik2025-10-07T14:12:59+02:0015.02.2018|Kategorien: Weiterbildung|Tags: Kompetenzrahmen, Qualifizierungsbausteine, Technische Kommunikation, Technischer Redakteur, tekom, Zertifizierung|0 Kommentare

7 questions for Nicole Kühn

7 questions for Nicole Kühn

Nicole Kühn How and when did you join tecteam? I started at tecteam with an internship. After a BA in Multilingual Communication and an MA in Terminology and Language Technology, I somehow ended up working as a freelance terminologist. However, I wanted to move into a permanent position and [...]

Verena Gorzolnik2025-10-07T14:01:05+02:0004.09.2017|Kategorien: Arbeiten bei tecteam|Tags: 7 Fragen an, Team, Technische Dokumentation, Technischer Redakteur|0 Kommentare

7 questions for Heike Dyllus

7 questions for Heike Dyllus

Heike Dyllus How and when did you join tecteam? The PR agency where I worked as a PR assistant in 1992 was planning to move to Lake Möhne. However, I felt very much at home in Dortmund and also saw my professional future there. That's when I noticed tecteam's job advertisement in the newspaper, which [...]